Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and .

{"currencyCode":"USD","itemData":[{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buyingPrice":25.28,"ASIN":"B00AB0Z88S","moqNum":1,"isPreorder":0},{"priceBreaksMAP":null,"buyingPrice":14.96,"ASIN":"B00SI7GCJK","moqNum":1,"isPreorder":0}],"shippingId":"B00AB0Z88S::kSQY0Ic3R%2FOlDQHR6nCv0JsO4ni%2BJOHchAMhqnvos4MG6wfB%2FAfAD65xBqv1uxifPxFCxKKSGXuq%2BHCaHPn8wwsCLWhCxU2JpVDOKrV85iOlrOUT%2F0DbCA%3D%3D,B00SI7GCJK::FFdWaJtAREQLsfB%2FPC9K%2BYo1mRaj6%2BeAQa5khPobtWyXkF%2FgZ1P%2BKUlPgJyZy%2B2ToRJxvJsfcwFhOh%2FJfOCAaCWHdotoukCJ750vApn7BEi4qtJIy9CLIQ%3D%3D","sprites":{"addToWishlist":["wl_one","wl_two","wl_three"],"addToCart":["s_addToCart","s_addBothToCart","s_add3ToCart"],"preorder":["s_preorderThis","s_preorderBoth","s_preorderAll3"]},"shippingDetails":{"xy":"availability"},"tags":["x","y","z","w"],"strings":{"showDetails":"Show details","addToWishlist":["Add to Wish List","Add both to Wish List","Add all three to Wish List","Add all four to Wish List"],"shippingError":"An error occurred, please try again","differentAvailability":"One of these items ships sooner than the other.","preorder":["Pre-order this item","Pre-order both items","Pre-order all three items","Pre-order all four items"],"addToCart":["Add to Cart","Add both to Cart","Add all three to Cart","Add all four to Cart"],"showDetailsDefault":"Show availability and shipping details","priceLabel":["Price:","Price for both:","Price for all three:","Price For All Four:"],"hideDetailsDefault":"Hide availability and shipping details","hideDetails":"Hide details"}}

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Editorial Reviews

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscarr winner Ang Lee*, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only other survivor - a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Bound by the need to survive, the two are cast on an epic journey that must be seen to be believed.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Wow, this has been an exciting fall for literary adaptations! I read Yann Martel's Life of Pi a decade ago and thought it was fantastic storytelling. I cheered when it won the Man Booker Prize. So, I was quite excited to attend an advance screening recently with several members of my book group. I remembered the novel quite well in broad strokes, but not the fine detail. I didn't refresh my memory before watching the film, but was curious enough to reread Life of Pi in its entirety before writing this review. The film is very true to the novel in spirit and tone, but there are small changes, additions (generally positive), and elisions (some noteworthy).

The film opens similarly to the novel. The idea is the same, but the execution is slightly different. Different mediums require different storytelling tools. For instance, I believe most film-goers will readily recognize The Writer (portrayed by actor Rafe Spall, who replaced a distractingly famous Toby Maguire) as a stand-in for author Martel. In the novel, it is Martel himself, in direct address to readers, who fulfills this role, effectively blurring the line between fact and fiction. It is established that this story is being related to The Writer by an older Pi. From there, readers are introduced to a young Piscine Molitor Patel and the world he inhabits. It's a charmed childhood, being raised at the Pondicherry Zoo amongst a loving family and exotic animals--an Indian "We Bought a Zoo." These scenes are as lush and colorful as any Bollywood musical.

I've discussed this novel with other readers countless times over the years. It's beloved by many, but truly hated by a vocal minority. I've never understood the vitriol, personally. Martel writes beautifully and accessibly.Read more ›

Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is a masterpiece with some of the most beautiful and unforgettable images ever displayed on film. Not only did it give me an experience of the wonder in being alive while moving me to tears, but its story also encompassed a human life from childhood to mature age while dealing with pain and guilt that are part of the human experience.

Ang Lee isn't thought of as an Asian auteur in the class of Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou or Lee Chang-dong. He's actually more of a commercial director than a personal artist, but what he does in transferring the "Life of Pi" from novel to screen is miraculous. Perhaps no director has ever captured the beauty and fear of the power of life, and when you look deep into the eyes of the tiger "Richard Parker", you see what Marlowe saw in Kurtz's eyes in Conrad's "The Heart of Darkness": a power so vast it dwarfs you with an awareness of your mortality, showing you your insignificance beside the powers of all life. What Ang Lee does here in this film will, I believe, remain his tour-de-force, and is a work of art I will come to many times in the future.

The acting is wonderful, primarily Irrfan Khan, one of India's greatest actors who plays the adult Pi. Khan provides an entire acting course just in the way he uses his face, displaying a smile in the film's climax that rivals the Mona Lisa's in its ambiguity. You see the world of pain, guilt, joy and sadness in his delicate expression.

The film is supremely spiritual in every frame, yet, if one is paying attention, it winds up as somewhat of a Trojan Horse in what it ultimate reveals about religion. I'm trying hard not to provide a spoiler here, but there are five words spoken by the adult Pi at the end of the film that viewers seem to miss that spell it out.Read more ›

This may be the hardest movie review I've ever written, somehow words don'texpress it quite right ...

To begin, I saw Life of Pi in 3-D. A week later I went back and saw it again,because I don't foresee having another chance. I expect the color and detailwill remain gorgeous in 2-D, and I definitely intend to buy the disc.

However the 3-D in this movie is spectacular. The tiger, Richard Parker, isat the top of the list, but in fact the entire movie benefits tremendouslyfrom 3-D. If you liked Avatar, you probably liked the marvelous animals.And I'm sure in some scenes, Richard Parker is CGI'd to some extent. ButLife of Pi has a real earthly animal to work with, and you can argue thereis no animal on earth more beautiful or fierce than a tiger. That's partof the genius of this movie, and I'm sure one reason James Cameron likedit so much.

That brings me to another point about this movie, its suitability for kids.Hopefully by now you understand the tiger is not a cuddly pet. Its very mucha wild animal, just like you can see in nature videos. Except in this moviethe tiger is a lot closer. He wants to eat Pi. Pi can't always see the tiger.The audience knows the tiger is going to try something, but that just makes itall the more nerve-wracking. Or exciting, depending on the person watching.This movie made me jump several times, and I was often clutching the arms ofmy chair. Its pretty intense in places. More so the second time I saw it.I kid you not.Read more ›

no 3D TV = no 3D. Just because the disc is the 3D version you still need a 3D tv AND a 3D player to see it in 3D. Even if you have a 3D TV you will still need a 3D player as a regular bluray player can not play 3D. 4 items total needed for home 3D. 1. 3D Glasses 2. 3D movie 3. 3D Bluray player... Read More